Hyperdrive Motivator Production’s poet/emcee Melissa Czarnik is back at it, releasing the first single from her upcomming album known as Raspberry Jesus.
The track is a bit more aggressive than one might expect from a Melissa Czarnik, but she’s obviously showing the growth one needs to pony up after her positively received debut Strawberry Cadillac. With this song, at least, she’s not resting on her laurels.
“Anattitude” is produced by long time collaborator and right hand man, Eric Mire, as is the rest of the sophomore effort, which is due out July 31st through a party at Stonefly Brewery. For those who cannot be present at the party the album can be pre-ordered through MC’s website MelissaCzarnik.com.
Anattitude –
C’mon SON!!!!! (Ed Lover voice) This is horrible and you know it! But you probably feel like you have to be impartial, right?
I’m sorry if this is offensive, but if anyone thinks this is good hip-hop music, well… they’re stupid. Who is bumping this? Anyone?… Anyone?… Bueller???
I can’t be the only person who hears the inaneness in all of this, can I ? The whole thing sounds forced and contrived. Everything about this is WACK. Even the mix is bad. This song is completely lifeless and goes nowhere. And this is supposedly “showing growth”? WOW! I now have zero interest in hearing the rest of this album after listening to that paultry display of so-called “emceeing”.
I know these comments are negative, but I really think it’s important to be honest. The truth is, this is just bad. Can you imagine this representing your city’s hip-hop music?? What if someone outside the city asked, “what’s going on in the Milwaukee hip-hop scene?” If you gave them this as an example, they would probably laugh at you.
This is a step backwards for Milwaukee hip-hop and its artists. Seriously, the enabling of this has got to stop.
Remember when you actually had to be dope? I guess those days are gone.
Thank you for your comment. It may not be your flavor, but I know for a fact that there are people who enjoy her music and they aren’t just putting on a show for her ego…they honestly enjoy what Melissa Czarnik brings to the table. Different strokes for different folks.
I agree that there needs to be quality control, but your quality is different from somebody else’s quality, so on and so forth.
Again, thank you for your thought.
As far as what people like; for everything that exists there is a person that will like it. So what? That does not mean that all these things should be promoted and pumped. But hey when there is money, fame or power to be gained by promoting junk then someone is going to jump all over it, right?
Sadly there seems to be no standard in quality of hip hop. What was originally people speaking from their heart and helping create awareness in a “new” style of music has become an endless stream of basement emcees that have nothing to say, no struggle to speak of and offer something that can only loosely be considered music.
Is there an answer? Sure. It’s freedom. everyone can do whatever they want and that is a great thing. So, keep on making that junk y’all and someone will keep on writing about it. This is the age of the internet and computers where anyone with a heartbeat can be an emcee or a “journalist” or whatever they want.
I do remember the days when hip hop meant something and the emcees actually did have to be dope. Seems like they are long gone. Now it just mostly a lot of “talkin’ loud and sayin’ nothin’.”
Is there an answer for “Yo?” Yep. Probably stop reading this blog ’cause this guy ain’t offering quality control of any sort. But then again why should he?
For the record, I don’t receive money, power, or fame for doing this blog. If the perception is that I do, it’s way off. I’m sure you were talking on the whole and not specifically about me but I wanted to mention that.
Also, for the most part, no…it’s not my intention to offer “quality control”. You decide what you like and don’t, which is a wonderful responsibility to have as a fan.
The fact of the matter is, Melissa Czarnik has been written about up and down in the blog sector, in local Milwaukee media, and in international publications…so she has something that grabs people…it just doesn’t grab you.
Thank you for your comment.
Well, all kinds of things get written about all the time, good and bad. That speaks nothing to her grabability (Yes, I invented that word just for this).
She’s wack. Period. And it’s wack that all anyone has to do these days is put their music in someones face for them to write about it. It actually speaks to the lack of good things to write about when this shit is somehow in the spotlight. I mean really, you couldn’t find a more interesting subject?
It’s a good thing she’s smart enough not to get involved in any battle situations with actual emcees, cause she’d get exposed faster than film in the sunlight.
And whoever thinks she’s dope is obviously smoking crack rock out of a broken light bulb in the alley behind Arts Performing Center on their lunch break.
I write about nearly any and everything and leave it up to you. I’m not an expert…just here to highlight a little of this and a little of that.
Melissa Czarnik is the equivalent of a 45 year old white school teacher who tries to use “hip-hop” as a means to relate to her younger students and fails miserably. It’s embarrassing.
lol…I know I’m being harsh, but it really is that bad. No exaggeration.
Can anyone who’s heard this song please weigh in and let us know your honest opinion of it? If you like it, why do you like it? If you don’t like it, why don’t you like it?
18 TRACKS!!!?!?!??!?!? WHY??!?!?!? 1 song almost killed me. Anyone who can live through a whole album of this girls prepubescent boy with a mouth full of Now & Later’s lyricism must be bullet proof.
Since over 24 hours have passed and nobody has commented on whether or not they actually like this song, I’m going to assume that either nobody wants to admit they listened to it or they are dead as a result of listening to it. Either way, I understand.
Milwaukeeup, this might also be a good indication that nobody cares about this shit and it is now safe to remove it from your blog, thus making the world a better place.
Friends don’t let friends be that wack.
I appreciate the suggestion, but unless Melissa herself asks me to take it down, it’s going to stay…just like with every other article on MKE UP.
I am not a fan of Melissa Czarnik’s music, or “Anattitude” inparticular, but I am a fan of the way she handles her business.
If you want press, or accolades, or attention, you need to step up your game, talent is not enough for 90% of us.
Melissa has done more with her level of ability then a lot of local artists who are far more talented than she. I agree that her music is outdated and amatuerish, but so is J.C. Poppe’s, and I don’t see you ripping him.
He got a ton of press from local and some national outlets, especially Shephard Express writer Evan Rytewski, but I don’t hear you complaining about that.
In fact, Poppe put Melissa on a Milwaukee mixtape that was sent out to Hiphopdx called “Yo MKE raps”. I didn’t feel that was a proper representation of our city, but WTF can you do.
The most talented people are often not the most committed, prepared, or even worthy. It is all about hustle in 2010, there are a number of rappers in the Mil whose hustle out weighs their actual talent. Many of them are featured on this blog. Melissa is no different
I would like to know who exactly you think should represent the Mil.
If someone came to town and wanted a sampler of what Milwaukee Hip-Hop is, what 5 artist would you burn to a CD to give to them?
I, being that I am JC Poppe, can admit that my music is not along the current sound of things…and hey, Sleep Therapy was my first project. Some like it, some don’t. I like it…and when you are a small unsigned artist, that’s what matters…but thank you for taking a listen.
And yes, I did receive a large amount of press both locally and nationally…and internationally. It took a lot of hardwork and putting ego aside to do so. I wish others more talented than myself had the work ethic I do…because maybe then Milwaukee would be on the map officially, spilling talent over into every avenue of the culture. But, until that happens, I’m going to take Milwaukee with me wherever I go and continue to talk about it’s fantastic quality to whomever will listen hoping that it will help…and in all honesty, it has.
As far as Yo! MKE Raps goes, it was like pulling teeth to get people to participate in that project. I hit up a lot of artists and got the “yeah, I’m down” and then never received anything as the days went by, no matter how many times I reminded them about the deadline. Is the compilation perfect? No, but it is a decent effort to put together many artists that people are talking about in one place. Melissa was one of the few artists that had something for me without question. This speaks to your pointing out of the hustle some artists have contrary to others…I would’ve loved to have had a track from several other artists along with what I collected, but they didn’t follow through.
I appreciate your comments. Thank you for your thoughts.
To Othello:
I’ve chosen to single out Melissa Czarnik because nobody else is as wack as she is. She is bar none the worst. There are others that suck in my opinion, but none so much that I think they should just stop altogether.
The main reason I am aware of Melissa Czarnik and her music is largely due to how much herself and others shove that shit in my face online. Some call that hustle. I call that harrassment. Lol… Seriously though, it is ridiculously annoying to see her face everyday with a caption about whatever the hell she’s doing. I don’t give a shit what she’s doing. I’ve had to block her on Facebook because I’ve been inundated with junk from her. I understand promotion and I understand hustle, but she goes too far, into the harrassment catagory. Maybe if she was actually good I wouldn’t mind as much.
In regards to the MKE compilation, there’s a few artists on it that are wack in my opinion, not just MC. As a representation of Milwaukee artists, it did an okay job of giving a rounded mix of the different styles we have going on here. Could it have been better? Yes. Could it have been worse? Yes.
As for who I think is fit to represent Milwaukee hip-hop, well… everyone is entitled to do what they like and if they happen to be from Milwaukee then so be it. I think it would definitely be easier to say who is NOT fit to represent Milwaukee hip-hop than who is. For the most part, I think a lot of the groups or artists here these days are at least decent. They might not be what everybody loves, but it certainly towers over Melissa Czarnik’s brand of cow shit.
Picking 5 is hard… but I guess I would go with:
APRIME – (I think he’s really creative and has a lot of talent)
HAZ SOLO – (I understand he doesn’t live here right now, but the majority of what he’s released was made while living here.)
Rusty Ps – (They’re just classic hip-hop in my opinion and I remember seeing them back before any of these other groups showed up. That IS Milwaukee hip-hop)
D. Ellzey – (Quite simply, his newest album is one of the best things I’ve ever heard come out of Milwaukee. I hope that get’s all the credit it deserves.)
Prophetic – (Probably because he represents an element that the afore mentioned artists don’t, just to round things off.)
Obviously these picks reflect my taste in hip-hop. I don’t get into that “Psuedo-thug, money-drug” bullshit. And yes, there are other artists I would hip an out-of-towner to if they were curious about Milwaukee hip-hop, but since I was asked to pick 5, there you have it.
and before I get out of here, to quote you…
“The most talented people are often not the most committed, prepared, or even worthy. It is all about hustle in 2010, there are a number of rappers in the Mil whose hustle out weighs their actual talent. Many of them are featured on this blog. Melissa is no different”
I agree with that 100%.
I guess it’s just a shame Melissa Czarnik is as bad as she is, cause I probably wouldn’t even get pissed about the press she gets if she was half way tolerable…
Oh, and P.S. whoever it was at the Sheperd who decided to even make her a nominee for anything hip-hop related should be fired.
Yo, your choice of 5 rappers to rep Milwaukee is interesting. Out of all of those guys you named, who are making any noise right now.
Proph made some noise with the Pharell thing, but where has that gone? Who out of that group is putting the game on fire?
The fact is, there are a lot of people who would look at your list and say the same thing you have said about Melissa, about any one of them.
I for one think some of the people you’ve listed are grossly overrated, and show a narrow view of what Milwaukee Hip-Hop is or should be.
I don’t disagree with you about Melissa’s music, at all. I just think you are being really selective in your criticism of her while ignoring a lot of other nonsense out here.
As for the MKE raps compilation, I’m sorry but why in the world would Poppe designate himself the sole facilitator of something that could’ve been a monumnetal step forward for the city?
Just because certain artist got back to you in a timely manner doesn’t mean they should be a part of representing the city’s scene.
You took it upon yourself to determine how the City of Milwaukee would be perceived by viewers of Hiphopdx, why?
You started rapping last week and all of a sudden you are an ambassador of Milwaukee Hip-Hop? Wow!! Do you even live in the city?
Melissa doesn’t help move the scene forward, but the problems do not begin nor end with her. there is enough blame to go around, “Yo” just chooses to use her to beat up on.
The people had a couple of months…if that isn’t enough time to attach a song to an email and click a button, then 3, 4, or 5 months wouldn’t have been enough either. It is what it is, and if I decide to do it again, I’m going to go about it the same way and now that people are more aware of it…maybe they’ll be more enthusiastic about sending music.
No, I don’t live in Milwaukee anymore, but that doesn’t matter…it’s not a secret. I’m still tied in and if it’s not good enough for you, then start your own blog and cover what I miss and don’t get to or didn’t cover well enough in your opinion. If me not being in Milwaukee is such a big deal to you, then I ask you, why do you care so much about me? Even if you think I’m misguided in what I do, I still got a collection of MKE artists on HipHopDX, I got other blogs to write about other Milwaukee artists, and I have held 3 fundraisers in Milwaukee to get money for the Milwaukee area district of the MS Society…and if you find that worthless then you are the one that’s misguided.
I do postive activities and I support. That’s what I do.
If you don’t like me as the “ambassador” of Milwaukee Hip-Hop…do it yourself. I didn’t ask for that title by any means…I just have my love of Milwaukee Hip-Hop with me wherever I go and I’m vocal about it. I’m a fan, and that is something Milwaukee Hip-Hop desperately needs because it’s really a majority of artists that populate shows, etc…MKE Hip-Hop needs more fans period.
I’ve been rapping for a long time, but I only released something last year officially. You don’t like it or that I do what I do…no big deal…I don’t do anything I do for you. I do it because I love it and it’s fun to do and somehow, someway, there are people out there that like it. Awesome.
At the end of the day, I’m not holding anything back…I’m doing whatever I can do to help and if you don’t like the way I do it…you do better than I have done. Please. I’m being serious. Stop talking about who sucks and who doesn’t deserve attention and get attention for those who you believe in. It’s not hard to do what I do. It takes no talent. It just takes time and dedication. You have been respectfully challenged.
Thank you for giving your opinions and being respectful. I do appreciate the back and forth.
As far as the Yo MKE thing goes….none of you guys were doing sh*t to help this city be heard. Everybody was only about themselves. Nobody was on DX before the MKE thing. Poppe made it happen because…NOBODY ELSE DID or even TRIED. Its laughable that anyone can say anything about that compilation. What were you doing to get all those different artist heard around the city? Not a damn thing. I don’t agree with all the choices on it either but I do agree with not putting people on if they don’t get back to you. Why would you pass up a chance to be on one of the biggest hip hop sites around? Poppe chose people from all over the city with different styles of music…not just people from Riverwest and the Eastside. Why would you want your city only represented by3-4 key groups that live within blocks of each other? And who cares if he lives here or not. He’s doing more for hip hop in this city than anyone i can think of and he asks for nothing. It had nothing to do with him being and “ambassador” it was all about his connections which appararently nobody in Milwaukee knows how to make. He put in alot of work for that thing and all you people did was sh*t on him. That why I don’t do sh*t for anybody here.
Othello:
When you ask who’s making noise, do you mean locally or nationally/internationally? All of those artists have made a name for themselves locally to some degree. Some have buzz overseas as well. In my opinion that whole “Pharell co-signed me” thing is stupid. For one, who cares if Pharell likes your music? What does that change? For two, If he really believed in Prophetic so much, why doesn’t he sign him himself? He’s got his own label.
As far as anyone “putting the game on fire” I couldn’t tell you man. I don’t concern myself with that. I like what I like regardless of who’s “hot” in the mainstream.
I don’t know how anyone in their right mind could look at my list of 5 rappers worth checking in Milwaukee and think about them what I think about Melissa Czarnik. Everybody I mentioned is galaxies better than her. No question. I think 99.999% of people would agree. It ain’t hard to tell.
To quote you – “Melissa doesn’t help move the scene forward, but the problems do not begin nor end with her. there is enough blame to go around, “Yo” just chooses to use her to beat up on.”
I have to disagree with you on that one… if she’s not moving the scene forward, then what is she contributing? Nothing. That is the problem. Not enough people contributing anything worthwhile. Are other’s to blame for that as well? Yep. But they aren’t constantly putting their bullshit in my face.
I’ll admit, she’s an easy target because she is supremely wack. But yeah, there’s a bunch of other wack rappers in Milwaukee as well. What’s new?
Out of curiosity, what 5 rappers/groups would you pick to represent Milwaukee hip-hop to an out-of-towner?
Jankuno:
I have no problem with the Yo! MKE Raps compilation. Just like you, I think it could’ve benefited from other artists being on it, but hey, if they don’t submit their music, what’s Poppe supposed to do, right? You can only work with what you got. Personally I think the attention he helps bring to Milwaukee artists is commendable. Is he the greatest rapper? No, but so what. At least he’s trying to do something positive for what he feels strongly about. I can dig that. Doing something is always better than doing nothing, well… as long as that something is positive. I think Poppe means well and isn’t looking to be the “Ambassador” of Milwaukee hip-hop… besides, there’s really no such thing.
See thats my point “yo”. Why in the world is Poppe deciding who will be apart of a compilation to represent Milwaukee Hip-Hop. I never heard of the guy until he dropped an album last year.
First of all how many people even knew you were doing the project, and second why would you just through a bunch of mediocre talent onto a CD and call it “MKE Raps” if it wasn’t top notch quality.
How in the hell does that help the city? Please explain how a subpar project helps raise the level of awareness of the citys scene?
You know, this is just starting to go in circles in all honestly. Othello, Yo asked you who your top 5 would be…so, who is it? Also, who would you have liked to see on the compilation? What does it matter who I am and how long I have been doing anything? I don’t see how that means anything to any of this. Regardless of the fact that you didn’t know who I was, others did, and why does this have to be a popularity game to begin with in regards to me? I have never said that I’m the most popular, or ever said that I’m the best to do what I do. I don’t walk around like an arrogant ass, react to people who don’t like my music or moves as “they just hatin” as long as it’s done respectfully, as you have done so up to this point, and I work hard for the community of artists. Am I perfect in doing this? Not at all…I wouldn’t presume to believe that what I do is the most fantastic thing in the world, whether that be music, writing this blog, or putting together a music compilation…but what I do isn’t bad, and I won’t accept that what I do is bad based on the amount of hits the blog gets a day and how many downloads/listens/writeups that Yo! MKE Raps got. If what I did completely sucked ass NOBODY would visit MKE UP and Yo! wouldn’t have received over 1000 downloads. I feel that I have to draw the line here and just say that you don’t like what I do, and that’s it. If you don’t tell me what I could do better, what artists to include and look for, then you aren’t really adding anything to the conversation anymore. Seriously Othello, I’m not an eliteist, so I will listen to what you have to say and who you suggest. It’s just time to take this coversation somewhere beyond the back and forth of “what you did sucked” and “no it didn’t”.
Who exactly was missing from the MKE Raps thing? Who are these mystery emcees who are better than everybody else on it? I don’t get the big issue. Should he have left it to somebody who has been on the scene longer? Some hack whose just gonna put all his peeps on it? Please dude…give it a rest. You should be asking your people why they didn’t put anything out or why nobody featured on the album did anything remotely close to that. That being said, can someone tell me what is so bad about the MKE raps album?
Othello:
You and I have no idea who Poppe reached out to be a part of that compilation. We have no idea which artists never gave him any music. That compilation was a great idea that was executed fairly well. Everything could be done better, and that’s the point of continuing to make or release music … attempting to improve upon your last effort. It’s all a learning experience.
Maybe your favorite Milwaukee emcees were asked to contribute and never followed through. Or maybe the people you thought should’ve been on it don’t really make any music professionally and Poppe wouldn’t have known about them to even look for them in the first place. Who knows.
Poppe at least took the initiative to create something that hadn’t existed prior to him making it happen. All in the name of Milwaukee hip-hop. It’s not constructive to say it’s bad while offering no suggestions for improvement.
Poppe:
At least you did something where others did nothing.
Yo, thank you for acknowledging the merit of the effort.
This was one of the most headache inducing convo’s to sit through…EVER.
LOL…
First off, MKEup as a blog is sitting nicely on the grey line of impartiality. At times, there have been tracks/stories posted here I couldn’t stand. Occasionally vomit inducing, but…BUT…there have been times when I’ve heard music from artists in my own city I didn’t even know existed. And they were BEYOND fresh. Taking the good with the bad, this is a place where artists can be HEARD, for whatever it’s worth. If you dig it, comment and download. If you don’t comment and/or keep it moving. I dig the fact that Poppe keeps it that way because otherwise it would just be a circle jerking fan-boy club here of people that he likes or artists that just like each other, telling each other how “dope” they are. Let the people decide is a good angle to take in my opinion.
Second, the Yo! compilation was exactly what it was. A compilation of artists from here. I wasn’t a fan of it from start to finish, but it did something for our city that NOBODY, not Black Elephant, not the Rusty Ps, not Coo Coo and not A G 2 A KE, NOBODY did for this city’s hip hop community. Which was raise awareness that we even fucking HAD ONE. It’s laughable that anyone would even question Poppe’s integrity concerning his push of the community AS A WHOLE, considering he EASILY could just say “fuck all ya’ll” and go for SELF with his connections and relationships he’s built throughout the industry. Before putting anyone else on blast, look at YOURSELF and ask, “What did I DO, to push the music of MY city?”.
Lastly, so…ya don’t like MC’s music. Big deal. You think she’s the wackest thing in the world. So the fuck what? That’s YOUR opinion. Which you have a right to have, but as much as you diss Poppe with the ridiculous “ambassador” of Milwaukee’s music…WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?? You’re a random, anonymous person, basking in your anonymity, condemning someone for doing what you wouldn’t even have a clue of how or where to start doing. If you DO know how and where to start doing all of this, THEN DO IT. Or better yet, you should have beaten Poppe to the punch. MC ain’t the best or worst. I dj’d and booked shows at Quarters for 4+yrs, trust, I’VE HEARD THE WORST this city has to offer hip hop. ESPECIALLY concerning female emcees. MC GRINDS. Maybe whoever you would rather see get the press she deserves should “step their grind up” and they would also get that attention.
There are MORE than enough problems in our hip hop community, and while quality control is one of them, it is also ironically enough, the most controllable of all them. If you don’t like something, ignore it…tune it out. Do you sit and gaze at the steamy pile of shit while walkin down the sidewalk? Nope, you sidestep it and keep pushing. Either bring some suggestion on better methods of reporting what’s going on HERE or start your own site/blog, and selflessly push other artists YOU think deserve it.
Or…if action isn’t your cup of joe…
KEEP IT TO YOURSELF. That works occasionally too.
So you mean to tell me that a project with less than 500 plays and 1000 downloads since January has done more for the city of Milwaukee’s Hip-Hop scene than Coo Coo Cal’s #1 nationwide hit, “My Projects”?
. . . or Black Elephant being in The Source magazine read by hundreds of thousands, or Baby Drew being signed to Universal, or Ray Nitti’s “Bow” playing all over the country and getting him a deal, or Rico Love reppin the Mil in videos and on tour with Usher, etc. etc.
Are you dumb or just young?
You act like nothing existed until you made it happen. How do you fix your mouth to put that project in the same breath as the groups you named?
How did a compilation heard by 1,500 people do anything compared to what those artist accomplished. The Rusty Ps SOLD more albums than that.
In fact, when Brother Ali came to town to perform a year ago he mentioned how much of a fan of the Rusty Ps he was. Those dudes haven’t done more to raise awareness about the scene than MKE Raps? That’s the dumbest shit I’ve heard in a long time.
These people actually got real national attention, putting Milwaukee’s name in print, record stores, and videos. Yo Mke Raps got 492 plays on HipHopdx.
Do you even know anything about Hip-Hop in Milwaukee?
All of those acts have actually helped to put the city’s scene on the map over the past 15 years, yet you give all the credit to a compilation (you happen to be a part of) no one I know has even heard.
NOBODY any where brings that CD up, ever!!!
Instead of trying to shout me down for having an opinion contrary to yours, how bout you go talk to somebody that actually knows something about the city’s Hip-Hop lineage.
This shit didn’t begin when you woke up this morning, or when MKE Raps came out. I’m done with this discussion. It’s not even a serious dialogue anymore.
Come on man, lets keep it “one hunnid”.
I have never said that what I do is bigger than what those artists previously did. I don’t belong in the same breath as them. I’m a new guy, I have 1 album, I have 1 blog, I have 1 compilation since I really became active in 2007. If I keep doing what I’m doing and I’m blessed to have kept things up to 2017, then maybe I will have accomplished something. Maybe. We will see.
Again, I don’t think that I’m the ambassador to anything. My intentions are simple…to get Milwaukee Hip-Hop heard, as a fan. And to my knowledge, that’s what fans do. Me and all my friends were always digging for new music and loved to share it with each other. I’m just taking the stuff I come across now and sharing it with my “friends” on the internet. That’s it. It’s nothing more than that.
On the topic of what I’ve managed to do, I haven’t done much…but I have done pretty well for a guy who nobody ever heard of until last year. I managed to see some doors open through the online “hustle”. I’ve helped some artists with their online promotion. I put together Yo! which got some views. I realize that everything I do is very underground…but it’s a movement that is going forward nevertheless. What I do is small and will never be done to the caliber of BE, the P’s, Coo Coo Cal, Baby Drew, Ray Nitti, Ray Rizzy, etc…but I like what I do and if it helps get artists a little more attention, awesome! I’m not a record breaker…just a fan.
I get that you are an “old head” and that I’m a new guy, but seriously, you don’t have to misunderstand my intentions based on that. I have never disrespected any of those who came before me saying that what they did sucked or blah blah blah. We have it as good as we have it as artists because of what they endured. I am well aware of how hard it was to get a venue for rap back in the day…and now that has changed because of the hardwork of those before the new class of artists. If others don’t acknowledge that, go after them…not somebody who fully understands the history. I’m not just in love with the now…I’m in love with the past too.
Yo! was NOT supposed to be a “here’s the best Milwaukee has EVER had to offer”…rather it was a collection of some pretty damn good talent and talked about artists from 2009 more or less.
What I think Raze is getting at is that I’m a supporter of the Milwaukee Hip-Hop scene first, and an artist 2nd and that we need more of those type of people…people who are willing to be fans and not ashamed of being fans because rap is all about the competition and crotch grabbing posturing. I could give a flying fuck about that. I have confidence in what I do and that’s about it. Sometimes that confidence leaks into what I do. Oh well.
I am no savior, I am no ambassador, I am no sure way to anything…I’m just a guy with a blog, a desire to do music, and a deep love of music. If you can’t respect that, so be it.
You still haven’t given any help by telling me, us, who you’d like to see represented. Like you said, this conversation needs to be over…unless you want to offer real opinions with solutions.
I appreciate your time and your thoughts Othello, Yo, Jank, and Raze…but it’s time to kill this convo.
Melissa Czarnik, I don’t even know you like that. I apologize for being so harsh on you. That was wrong of me.